POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist rowing program completed its Fall Competition Schedule this past weekend with the women competing in the Heart of the Housatonic and the men in the Princeton Chase.
 

Women's Rowing - Heart of the Housatonic

Women's Rowing competed against Sacred Heart, Holy Cross, Fairfield, Bryant, UConn, Monmouth, and Fordham over a course covering 5000m at the Heart of the Housatonic on Saturday, hosted by Sacred Heart. Marist fielded three Varsity 8s, three Varsity 4s, two Novice 8s, and a Novice 4. Special shoutout to our alumnae Abby Cieplinski ('23) and Kim Orzech ('14) for coming out to support the Red Foxes on a beautiful  fall afternoon.  

The Varsity 8 consisted of coxswain Ariana Novero, Summer Starrett, Gabrielle Insero, Sophie Forster, Kaleigh Tompkins, Natalie Ronan, Amelia Nelson, Abby Deane, and Rebecca Paul. This crew finished 6th out of 20 with a time of 18:18.

The second Varsity consisted of coxswain Grace Foley, Shelby McDougall, Jenna Jaffe, Samantha Stortz, Kora Eckelman, Caitlin Bartman, Katie Beichert, Jennifer Liguori, and Emily Liguori. This crew finished 16th with a time of 19:23.

The third Varsity 8 consisted of coxswain Juliette Savarino, Nora Messer, Lillian Iannaccone, Jessica Zygmunt, Stella McGinty, Anna Fedders, Elisa Huget, Courtney Clark, and Alexandra Gibeault. This crew finished 20th with a time of 20:32

The first Novice 8 consisted of coxswain Kiera Witherell, Gianna Angelucci, Ashleigh Coyne, Reese McConochy, Sofia Renals, Annika Platel, Emily Matteson, Elena Waldbillig, and Daniela DiPietro. This crew fished 6th out of 7 with a time of 22:31.

The second Novice 8 consisted of coxswain Kylie Toomes, Elizabeth Klik, Grace Stoner, Anna Iannucci, Kaitlyn McGovern, Carlie Pazderski, Ella Manion, Paige Raynor, and Gabrielle White. This Crew finished 7th with a tine of 22:36.

The 4s were next. There were 20 crews in this race. Marist's first four to finish consisted of coxswain coxswain Carina Pascucci, Sophie Forster, Gabrielle Insero, Abby Deane, and Rebecca Paul. This crew finished 6th with a time of 19:04.2.

The crew consisted of coxswain Rebecca Robinson, Summer Starrett, Amelia Nelson, Natalie Ronan, and Kaleigh Tompkins. This crew finished 15th with a time of 20:28.1.

Our next crew consisted of coxswain Carolyn Orcutt, Shelby McDougall, Jenna Jaffe, Sydney Macchia, and Alexandra Gibeault. This crew finished 16th with a time of 20:34.3.

The Novice 4 consisted of coxswain Brooke Dini, Anna Fedders, Stella McGinty, Caitlin Bartman, and Elisa Huget. This crew finished 3rd in a field of 4 crews with a time of 22:09.3.
 

Men's Rowing - Princeton Chase

On Sunday, the Marist men's rowing team traveled to Princeton, NJ to compete in the Princeton Chase Regatta. Raced along a three mile stretch of the beautiful Carnegie Lake, the regatta is a team favorite and hosts important regional and national level oarsmen in what for most is their final racing opportunity for the fall season. Crews raced in a head racing or time trial format going single file over a fixed course competing for the best possible time. Marist had an eight entered in the varsity eight event. This crew then broke up into smaller boats and raced in a coxed four and three pairs in the afternoon.

The varsity eight competed first for this event and consisted of Matthew Wright (cox), Jack Taddei (stroke), Adam Wittman (7), Will Shockley (6), Reed Livingston (5), Tristan Wistuba (4), Austin Thomas (3), Connor Tandy (2), Thomas Graves (bow). This crew had a great run down the course passing a crew from Mass Maritime Academy and nearly passing  a second crew from Mercyhurst College. They pulled a time of 13:28.7 and placed 26th out of 41.

The varsity four consisted of Tessa Kurtzman (cox), Jack Taddei (stroke), Adam Wittman (3), Connor Tandy (2), and Thomas Graves (bow). This crew pulled a time of 15:29.6 and placed 19th out of 24 crews

The Varsity Pairs raced in an event with three Marist Pairs and just one other competitor from Princeton University. While Princeton won this even the three Marist crew had some great internal competition placing 2nd, 3rd and 4th with times of 16:35.5, 17.00.8 and 17.36.5 respectively. The Marist "A" crew consisted of Tristan Wistuba and James Hadjandreas, the "B" crew consisted of Will Shockley and Reed Livingston and the "C" crew consisted of Ian Sondhof and Austin Thomas.
 

Coach's Comments

"We had another beautiful day on lake Carnegie this year and closed out a formative fall season for our young crew. The varsity eight got the job done today significantly and measurably improving on their showing at last week's Head of the Schuylkill Result and showing some more glimpses of a bright and fast future if our athletes continue to develop! We're excited for winter training and the opportunities on tap to get faster in the off season!" - Head Coach, Campbell Woods